The Oprah Statue

Controversial American sculptor Daniel Edwards latest work ‘The Oprah Sarcophagus’, is a very full-figured sculpture of Oprah Winfrey - and that’s where the likeness begins and ends.

The work casts Miss Winfrey in bronze, as a nude, full-breasted woman with generous child-bearing hips.

However, it bears little likeness to the billionaire media mogul, save for the head of curly hair that fans out around her.

Instead, the artwork shares an uncanny likeness to the coffinette which held the body of Egyptian boy king Tutankhamun.

She has famously battled with her weight - but according to this tribute to the queen of daytime television, it appears to be a battle lost.

Edwards, 42, says his piece pays homage to the closest thing America has to a living deity.

The artist’s pieces typically address celebrity and popular culture in ways that have often stirred controversy.